Plaques

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

A small Canadian town founded as a refuge for Loyalists following American Independence.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Monuments and plaques commemorate the local man whose invention shrunk the world.

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.